This content is machine translated Infectious diseases Epidemiologic challenges in prosthetic valve endocarditis. Medical advances have also had an impact on the epidemiology of infective endocarditis. Especially catheter valve implantations (TAVI) will be a major challenge in the future.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Zurich Review Course in Clinical Cardiology Are mechanical heart valves “out”? It was a long way from the development of the first artificial heart valve in the 1960s to modern biological heart valves made from animal tissue. At least in Europe,…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Edwards SAPIEN 3 How does the new generation perform in practice? With CARDIOVASC, PD Patrick Diemert, MD, of the University Heart Center Hamburg, Germany, discussed the advantages of Edwards’ new generation of TAVI heart valves. He discussed the advances over older…
